Improving Students’ Essay Writing Ability through Consultancy Prewriting Protocol at Christian University of Indonesia

Naibaho, Lamhot (2018) Improving Students’ Essay Writing Ability through Consultancy Prewriting Protocol at Christian University of Indonesia. The Asian ESP Journal, 14 (3). pp. 67-80. ISSN 2206 0979

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Abstract

This study presents a research report on improving students’ essay writing ability through consultancy prewriting protocol. The objective was to find out whether students’ essay writing ability improved taught by using consultancy prewriting protocol. It was conducted using classroom action research method. The subject of the study was the sixth semester students of English Education Department at Christian University of Indonesia. The instruments used were essay test, questionnaire, diary, and observation. The techniques for data analysis were qualitative and quantitative. In analyzing the data, the mean of the score and the score improvement percentage were as follows. The mean in the pre-test 52,39, the mean in the post- test of cycle one is 61,34, and the mean in the post-test of cycle to is 79,15. The percentages as follows the percentage of improvement on pre-test and post-test in the first cycle 17,08%, the percentage of improvement on post-test in the first cycle and post-test in the second cycle 29,03%. And the last is the percentage of the pre-test and the post-test in the cycle two is 51.07%.. The conclusion is that the consultancy prewriting protocol improves the students’ essay writing ability. It is suggested that teachers should apply consultancy prewriting protocol as one of the strategies to improve students’ essay writing ability.

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